Nicholas G. Carr Quotes
I think what the book did in addition to its practical uses, is it gave us a more attentive way of thinking.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
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I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.
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My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.
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My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.
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Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend.
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We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky.
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See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.
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There's a cat in the window, of the house of my lover.Well she sleeps there alone now, or perhaps with another.Oh I try no to think about that, I try not to think at all!
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Trying to make something as tricky as 'Room' really believable is extremely hard, and it largely rests with that relationship between the actors and the director, and the director and the crew.
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I love going to movies by myself.
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Taking care of your body, no matter what your age, is an investment.
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I first noticed how the sound of water is like the talk of human voices, and would sometimes wake in the night and listen, thinking that a crowd of people were coming through the woods.
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I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well.
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Executives are constrained not by resources but by their imagination.
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You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!
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I think what the book did in addition to its practical uses, is it gave us a more attentive way of thinking.
